Rank

717of 3,144

Phillips, Kansas

Score 6.78 / 10· population 4,761

About 4,800 people live in Phillips, Kansas. It ranks #717 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #23 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.19% of a home's value each year, more than in 81% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 95% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.2 years, shorter than in 54% of counties. Air quality is better than in 78% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 36), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 86% of counties. On this site's state scores, Kansas gets 7.12 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.6
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax4.1

Environment

  1. Air quality6.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy5.2
  3. Government employees0.3
  4. Single-parent households8.1

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